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Nelson Education > Higher Education > Canadian Business & the Law > Test Yourself > 

CHAPTER 12

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1. An occupier of premises owes a duty of care to
trespassers
invitees
licensees
contractual entrants
all of the above

2. Provinces that have enacted occupier's liability legislation include
Saskatchewan
Ontario
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland

3. An occupier who unreasonably and substantially interferes with the use and enjoyment of a neighbour's land is committing the tort of
trespass
passing off
injurious or malicious falsehood
nuisance
passing off

4. A person who attends a rock concert at a public arena is
an occupier
a tenant
a contractual entrant
an invitee
a licensee

5. A guest at a house party is
an occupier
a tenant
a contractual entrant
an invitee
a licensee

6. Use of a business name that is so similar to that of an existing business that the public is misled into thinking that the businesses are somehow related is
a smart and acceptable business practice for a new firm
the tort of deceit
the tort of passing off
the tort of trespass to name
the tort of nuisance

7. When an employee leaves one employer and accepts employment with a new employer, and it can be shown that the tort of interference with contractual relations has been committed,
the employee is liable
the former employer is liable
the new employer is liable
a & b
a & c

8. Libel is
defamation in the oral form
defamation in the print form
deceit in the oral form
deceit in the print form
the same as injurious falsehood

9. A physician who performs non-emergency surgery without appropriate informed consent
has not committed a tort
has committed the tort of negligence
has committed the tort of nuisance
has committed the tort of assault
has committed the tort of battery

10. A child who takes a short-cut across the neighbour's yard on her way to and from school is
not committing a tort
committing the tort of nuisance
committing the tort of trespass
committing the tort of passing off
committing the tort of interference



 

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